“The Return of the Japanese Beetles” sounds like a horror movie. Unfortunately, these beetles have returned to devour our landscapes for another summer of terror ...

Last summer, Quad-City region gardeners got a respite from Japanese beetles, as dry and cold weather conditions the previous season nearly eliminated the number of larvae that survived to emerge as ...

Japanese beetles are back in Missouri fields and may emerge in greater numbers soon, possibly posing threats to soybean and ...

Over the past several years, gardeners have told me that Japanese beetles were attacking their landscape. When I looked at the landscape, or looked at samples of beetles that were brought to me, I ...

Signs of cucumber beetle activity include chewed leaves, holes, dimples, and scars on fruits. Cucumber beetles transmit bacterial wilt and cucumber mosaic virus, which cause plant death. Cucumber ...

Here’s what to do if you find them in your garden. (Hint: Forget the traps.) By Margaret Roach Back without popular demand: Here comes the annual showing of Japanese beetles, the embodiment of beauty ...

A warming climate is to blame for the American West's outbreak of pine bark beetles and the recent cold snap wasn't nearly chilly enough to kill the bugs.Jose Negron, a U.S. Forest Service research ...

In a video taken by ecologist Shinji Sugiura, a tiny aquatic beetle known as Regimbartia attenuata pulls off a death-defying feat to rival Houdini. First, a frog snags the beetle and gulps it down ...

Species: Most likely Dictyoptera simplicipes (Several red net-winged beetle species look similar.) Appearance: Elongated with bright red wing covers. Black antennae. Distribution: Pacific Northwest, ...

Certain species of beetle have evolved unusual "back pockets" to safely house symbiotic bacteria during metamorphosis—the only known instance of this among insects. It's part of a mutually beneficial ...